David Germano

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David Germano
Nationality	American
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Madison
Known for	Tibetology
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Virginia
Thesis	Poetic thought, the intelligent Universe, and the mystery self: The Tantric synthesis of Dzogchen (rdzogs-chen) in fourteenth century Tibet

David Francis Germano is an American Tibetologist and professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia (UVA),^[1] where he has dual appointments in its School of Nursing and Department of Religious Studies. Germano is a former board member of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for The Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (JIATS),^[2] a journal of Tibetology.